Arendal Fotball

Arendal

Full name	Arendal Fotball
Founded	27 September 2010; 11 years ago (2010-09-27)
Ground	Bjønnes stadion
Chairman	Jan Sigurd Otterlei
Coach	Roger Risholt
League	2. divisjon
2020	2. divisjon Group 2, 5th of 14
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Arendal Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club based in Arendal. The club competes in the 2. divisjon, the third tier of football in Norway.

History[]

It was established on 27 September 2010, and started contesting in the 2011 3. divisjon which is the fourth tier of the Norwegian league system. In its second season, in 2012, the team won promotion to third tier. From 2013 to 2016 the team played in the third tier of the Norwegian league system, and won promotion to the second tier in 2016.

The club is an umbrella team for and IF Trauma. The two clubs had tried fielding an umbrella team earlier from 2000 to 2008, called FK Arendal. FK Arendal never reached the same level as Arendal Fotball.

Men's team[]

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2011	3. divisjon	3	24	15	2	7	82	41	47	1st round
2012	3. divisjon	1	26	24	1	1	129	22	73	2nd round	Promoted to 2. divisjon
2013	2. divisjon	5	26	11	4	11	36	42	37	1st round
2014	2. divisjon	8	26	10	4	12	47	58	34	2nd round
2015	2. divisjon	7	26	9	7	10	46	51	34	3rd round
2016	2. divisjon	1	26	19	6	1	75	24	63	1st round	Promoted to 1. divisjon
2017	1. divisjon	16	30	5	6	19	33	62	21	2nd round	Relegated to 2. divisjon
2018	2. divisjon	6	26	10	6	10	37	34	36	2nd round
2019	2. divisjon	6	26	12	3	11	49	40	39	2nd round
2020	2. divisjon	5	19	9	5	5	32	18	32	NA

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 25 June 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Jonatan Strand Byttingsvik 2 DF  NOR Kristian Strande 3 DF  NOR Olav Hovstad 5 DF  NOR Christer Reppesgård Hansen 6 DF  NOR Andreas van der Spa (on loan from Sogndal) 7 MF  NOR Preben Skeie 8 MF  DEN Rasmus Christensen 9 FW  NOR Andreas Hellum 10 MF  DEN Jakob Rasmussen 11 FW  SWE Ermal Hajdari 13 DF  DEN Sune Kiilerich (captain) 14 FW  NOR Kristian Eriksen 15 MF  NOR Dirirsa Gamachis

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  NOR Daniel Alexander Roppestad 17 FW  NOR Håvard Meinseth 18 FW  NOR Markus Jørgensen Håbestad 19 FW  NOR Stefan Mladenovic 20 FW  NOR Mathias Johansen 21 FW  NOR Tobias Hafstad (on loan from Tromsø) 23 MF  NOR Redon Pllana 24 DF  NOR Halvor Hovstad 25 GK  NOR Lars Jendal (on loan from HamKam) 27 GK  NOR Mathias Skjævestad 37 MF  NOR Filip Mang-Thang 77 DF  DEN Mads Nørby

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Norwegian and English)